HUNGARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hungarian mean? 

• HUNGARIAN (noun)
  The noun HUNGARIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Hungary

2. the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages

  Familiarity information: HUNGARIAN used as a noun is rare.

• HUNGARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective HUNGARIAN has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characteristic of Hungary

  Familiarity information: HUNGARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUNGARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Hungary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hungarian; Magyar

Hypernyms ("Hungarian" is a kind of...):

European (a native or inhabitant of Europe)

Holonyms ("Hungarian" is a member of...):

Hungary; Magyarorszag; Republic of Hungary (a republic in central Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania); belongs to the Ugric family of languages

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Hungarian; Magyar

Hypernyms ("Hungarian" is a kind of...):

Ugrian; Ugric (one of the two branches of the Finno-Ugric family of languages; spoken in Hungary and northwestern Siberia)

• HUNGARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of Hungary

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

Hungarian; Magyar

Context example:

Hungarian folk music

Pertainym:

Hungary (a republic in central Europe)

Derivation:

Hungary (a republic in central Europe)

 Context examples 

They had each been stabbed, it seems, and the Hungarian police were of opinion that they had quarreled and had inflicted mortal injuries upon each other.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

While not naming any other bidders, Maróth said the Hungarian bid won after lengthy negotiations, out of mulitple competing offers.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

Is it strange that when Arpad and his legions swept through the Hungarian fatherland he found us here when he reached the frontier; that the Honfoglalas was completed there?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The creditor Hungarian Development Bank is state-owned as well.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

And when the Hungarian flood swept eastward, the Szekelys were claimed as kindred by the victorious Magyars, and to us for centuries was trusted the guarding of the frontier of Turkey-land; ay, and more than that, endless duty of the frontier guard, for, as the Turks say, 'water sleeps, and enemy is sleepless.'

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The company structure remains unchanged and all sites continue to operate, but Hungarian engineers are to join the research and development team.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

Again, when, after the battle of Mohács, we threw off the Hungarian yoke, we of the Dracula blood were amongst their leaders, for our spirit would not brook that we were not free.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

On November 4, Hungarian daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet revealed a deal whereby, on October 29, Hungarian state-owned enterprise HDT Védelmi Ipari Kft. (HDT Limited) acquired Austrian mortar and shell manufacturer Hirtenberger Defence Group.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)

The only thing I found was a great heap of gold in one corner—gold of all kinds, Roman, and British, and Austrian, and Hungarian, and Greek and Turkish money, covered with a film of dust, as though it had lain long in the ground.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The November 4 issue of Magyar Nemzet published an interview with Gáspár Maróth, the Hungarian Government commissioner responsible for defence, defence industries and coordinating defence modernization, in which the deal was announced.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)